"[Russell] Moore, [president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission] stated that evangelicals should bring back the use of the term 'separation of church and state,' but in a different context.
'It doesn't mean that church and government should be apart,' Moore said. 'But that the state is limited and doesn't have lordship and direction over the church.' Moore purported that evangelicals should champion the religious freedoms of all religions..., otherwise evangelicals are 'not only willing to be persecuted, but willing to be persecutor.'"
I'm not really sure I understand quite what he means by "the state is limited", but historically it has been religious groups that advocated for the separation of church and state - Catholics, in particular, who were at a disadvantage in the face of coercive Protestantism. It's unfortunately unusual to hear a religious leader support real religious liberty in this day and age, but this is encouraging. Real religious liberty is maintained by separating religion and government.
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'It doesn't mean that church and government should be apart,' Moore said. 'But that the state is limited and doesn't have lordship and direction over the church.' Moore purported that evangelicals should champion the religious freedoms of all religions..., otherwise evangelicals are 'not only willing to be persecuted, but willing to be persecutor.'"
I'm not really sure I understand quite what he means by "the state is limited", but historically it has been religious groups that advocated for the separation of church and state - Catholics, in particular, who were at a disadvantage in the face of coercive Protestantism. It's unfortunately unusual to hear a religious leader support real religious liberty in this day and age, but this is encouraging. Real religious liberty is maintained by separating religion and government.
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